Chevrolet will introduce the third variant of the Chevy Cruze at the 82nd International Geneva Motor show in early March with the Cruze Wagon. While it’s not coming to North American shores, the five-door wagon shows the various new features coming to the Cruze range starting in the summer of 2012.
For starters, the Cruze will finally offer keyless entry and push-button start along with the MyLink infotainment system on “higher trim levels”, complete with a seven-inch color touch screen.
The Cruze Wagon will bring the 1.4 liter turbocharged ECOTEC engine to Europe, as well as new 1.7 liter and improved 2.0 liter diesel engines will join the current 1.6 liter and 1.8 liter gasoline powerplants. What’s more, the 1.4 liter gasoline as well as the 1.7L and 2.0L diesel engines come standard with start-stop technology to increase fuel efficiency.
Several exterior and interior updates will accompany the 2012 refresh across the entire Cruze range, including a revised front fascia, revamped headlamp clusters and fog lamps, as well as new wheel styles, while the interior will bring a new center console and a wider choice of seat finishes.
The Cruze Wagon will join its sedan and five-door hatchback counterparts in Europe, which have already sold more than 1 million units globally since 2009. The Wagon will also be the biggest Cruze, measuring in at 184.1 inches in length (compared to 177.6 inches of the 5-door hatch); the increased dimensions allow for 1,500 liters (424.5 cubic feet) of storage with the rear seats folded; additional storage capacity will be available on the roof thanks to standard roof racks.
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Ford has had very good luck with a little wagon or hatch in the u s,g m has some nice cars but they miss the boat by not selling them here,the buick encore,chevy trailblazer now the cruze,will g m ever get it right. i drive a avalanche but i am getting older and would like to downsize,the trailblazer i would love to have but i will have to leave the states,come on g m give us a car we need.
The Focus hatch you’re referring to is selling well in the US. The Focus wagon is not available in the US. I assume Chevy will make the Cruze hatch (not the wagon) available in the US in 2012.
thats true the hatch probably will come but the sedan will still make up the bulk i dont think a cruze hatch will take off like the focus hatch did
Well, the Focus sedan still outsells the hatch at about an 8:2 margin. Why would you think the Cruze hatch can’t/couldn’t do the same?
For GM, especially Chevrolet to be truly “global”, they should NOT be playing a game of “pick and choose” which country gets what. Once again it seems as though the U.S. “isn’t good enough” to get the best GM has to offer.
It’s a crying shame that a company started in Flint and currently in Detroit does not let people in those towns drive the best vehicles. Like I said in a previous post, can’t we engineer anything in the states anymore???
I have people “begging” for a better-performance Cruze, a bigger hatch/wagon, a coupe other than the ‘Vette & Camaro, an off-road utility smaller than a Tahoe, and it’s so disheartening to tell people they can’t get a Sonic with the 1.4 turbo because GM won’t step up production enough to put them in the Sonic & Cruze both.
We hear in the news almost daily about how good GM is doing, and the brand recovering from bankruptcy & the bailout, yet the people who footed the bill-the American taxpayers, can’t drive several of the best GM vehicles.
Plain and simple, if you can sell decent vehicles everywhere else in the world, you should be able to buy them in the US.
I shouldn’t have to fly to Sydney or Bangkok to get a new Trailblazer (or Holden 7), and have it shipped back to the states. Will GM pay for the plane ticket & shipping charges? I seriously doubt it.
Please, GM, make the best vehicles available for U.S. consumption…please?
Completely agreed, why do the Americans get the small end of the stick from an AMERICAN company? Curse you bean-counters!
I agree as well. This wagon is beautiful. I would even consider buying it. I have an HHR now, and it’s time to move on.
Seems, like most american companies are doing the same as GM. Ford, is just waking up and bringing over their super sweet cars. Fiesta, Focus, Transit, to say the least.
Why as americans, must we drive the old Designs with poor fuel economy? Why do we have to keep seeing the same vehicle, over and over again, with new headlights and grille for the Next model year?
I think a lot has to do with our government, and what is allowed on the roads here versus overseas. For example, the VW Jetta with the 60mpg Turbo Diesel. While it is finally coming to the us. It has been available overseas for quite some time. US, emissions rules, kept it from coming here. I don’t know about you but, if a diesel here getting less then 20mpg is getting 0.02% under the federal emissions standards, and the older VW Jetta is getting 0.03% over the standards at 60mpg. Wouldn’t you think the 60mpg jetta is doing much better in emissions do to the amount of fuel is being burnt per mile? Not measured here that way though, even though your going 3 X further then the 20mpg diesel. Don’t even get me started about the government diesel vehicles! = )
i never said that the cruze wouldnt sell well just that it wouldnt take off like the focus hatch did. this would mainly be because ford has a better history with hatchbacks in general. and the focus hatch has a lot of marketing behind it. idk really im just stating my mind
I see. I guess what I’m saying is that the Focus hatch, in the States, hasn’t exactly taken off as it represents about 20% of total new Focus sales. I think the Cruze would be able to match that level of performance, especially given some amount of pent-up demand for a “pretty” hatch… since the Focus isn’t exactly beautiful — even though I like it.
i so agree with you on the “pretty” hatch comment but all focuses are ugly alien looking things. but putting aside my bias they market the hell out of that thing and i don’t think chevy could catch up. the cruze hatch in my mind wont be as good of a seller compared to the focus hatch. although it’ll be better on all fronts. again just my opinion and actually i’d buy the sonic hatch anyways
If only the Sonic had four-wheel disc brakes on at least the LTZ (and maybe 2LT) trim levels… I’d be all over it.
haha hater be hatin…just kidding this is very true but seriosly how many b class cars do have that? plus it’s has the same engines as in the bigger cruze in a smaller package. don’t get me wrong i adore the cruze and its sporting creds are right up there but the sonic just seems more attractive on all fronts for me.